Robert Reich: Trump's entire campaign was a bait-and-switch: Washington's a mess, and...
SATURDAY, FEB 18, 2017 05:59 AM EST
Trump’s entire campaign was a bait-and-switch: Washington’s a mess, and it’s all the president’s fault
Trump's showing himself to be about the most inept, disorganized, sloppy, incompetent president in recent memory
ROBERT REICH, ROBERTREICH.ORG
Donald Trump sold himself to voters as a successful businessman who knew how to get things done, a no-nonsense manager who’d whip the government into shape.
But he’s showing himself to be about the most inept, disorganized, sloppy, incompetent president in recent memory, with a nearly dysfunctional White House.
He allowed Michael Flynn to hang on until the last minute. In any halfway competent administration, Flynn would have been gone the moment it became clear he lied to the vice president about his contacts with Russia.
Sean Spicer is a joke, literally. His vituperative, vindictive press conferences are already rich food for late-night comedy. In a White House that had any idea what it means to be an effective press secretary, Spicer would be out the door.
The Muslim travel ban was totally bungled — unclear, haphazard and badly thought out. Trump complains that “his people didn’t give him good advice,” but the people most directly responsible for it — Stephen Bannon and Stephen Miller — have only gained more power in the White House.
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http://www.salon.com/2017/02/18/trumps-entire-campaign-was-a-bait-and-switch-washingtons-a-mess-and-its-all-the-presidents-fault_partner/
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